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importantly, we will be introducing these neighborhood amenities, which will allow us to begin to use pedestrian movement and reduce reliance upon the automobile. here is a plan to view of the project, the boulevard being on the left, with 19th avenue above. the plan is to introduce a retail corridor, day care center, a community center, and so forth, with a majority of the neighbors in a 400 block. with this will be a series of small core elements that will contain business centers for work at home, car sharing and bicycle available to residents for weekly use. a huge part of this is the introduction of green space systems that will link the community and provide recreation for sports, including organic farms and containing plant materials, cleansing the water, introduced for the system, charging in dropping the lake level. it will also provide structured play areas for residents. right neighborhood is buying 88 committee and has limited access. you can probably see and know that this creates a congestion in the adjacent neighborhoods. the attention is to open the committee up and to
importantly, we will be introducing these neighborhood amenities, which will allow us to begin to use pedestrian movement and reduce reliance upon the automobile. here is a plan to view of the project, the boulevard being on the left, with 19th avenue above. the plan is to introduce a retail corridor, day care center, a community center, and so forth, with a majority of the neighbors in a 400 block. with this will be a series of small core elements that will contain business centers for work at...
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you can invite us both. you can invite the humane society and they'll do animal care and control. >> and they will come out and do something. you can have your miniresource fair depending on nature of your community. >> cpr? >> yes. >> right. we do first aid/cpr and shelter training and case management and damage assessment. they do a lot of search and rescue and triage we don't do any triage. a combination of what you want. first steps invite us or both and we will get in touch with our friends at the fire department. >> we will take more questions before we do that, feel under your seat we have there is 4 stickers that are on the seats there are a lot of seats much if you have a sticker we have a prize for you so let's see here. >> there's one in the back! [applause]. all right. you get a prize. hold that up so everyone knows what they are looking for. >> all right. yeah! [applause] >> there's 3 others under there. feel around to the seat next to you. yeah! [applause]. all right number 2. all right! there'
you can invite us both. you can invite the humane society and they'll do animal care and control. >> and they will come out and do something. you can have your miniresource fair depending on nature of your community. >> cpr? >> yes. >> right. we do first aid/cpr and shelter training and case management and damage assessment. they do a lot of search and rescue and triage we don't do any triage. a combination of what you want. first steps invite us or both and we will get...
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thank you for taking the time to hear us today. i am a resident of 246 second st., and my roots are not in san francisco for very long period has been 10 years. i do have a passion for thinking about preserving the historical integrity, and a look in the field and the fabric and context of our neighborhoods, it is essentially a fortress. if you live near the historic district, no fortresses are to be found, and i find it disappointing that that type of action would be used. while my roots here are short, my commitment to san francisco neighborhoods has been demonstrated, i think, in a number of ways. i'm an employee and employer of a biotech in mission bay. i am an appointee to the citizens advisory committee where i have worked very hard with the redevelopment agency to honor what is happening in the mission bay district. citing page 61 of the comment, it talks here about -- that the conservation district is nevertheless one of the few architecturally significant areas remaining -- largely intact in the south of market area. so i
thank you for taking the time to hear us today. i am a resident of 246 second st., and my roots are not in san francisco for very long period has been 10 years. i do have a passion for thinking about preserving the historical integrity, and a look in the field and the fabric and context of our neighborhoods, it is essentially a fortress. if you live near the historic district, no fortresses are to be found, and i find it disappointing that that type of action would be used. while my roots here...
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. >> i think a lot of us don't pay enough attention to the nonstructural damage. here we are in this room, nonstructural damage can be to the sealing, so here's a story. in the 1989 earthquake, that's the day the marriott hotel opened. it has that little bar at the top. up at the top of building, it swayed back and forth and the ceiling planes shaved off a sprinkler and it flooded the top floor. >> it's a big problem. in north ridge, it was a huge problem. there was tremendous losses because your shoot rock gets wet. it's like having a flood. we are on a group trying to look at all the issue in san francisco and make recommendations. whether it responds and does well. the subsequent issue is fire, which we haven't talked about here. with fire goes gas line breaks and water line breaks not being able to protect the structure once it happens. all those utility things come into play. as a homeowner's association, you have to anticipate as a resident of san francisco, there's going to be a lot of ground deformation and our utilities will have problems. we recently had
. >> i think a lot of us don't pay enough attention to the nonstructural damage. here we are in this room, nonstructural damage can be to the sealing, so here's a story. in the 1989 earthquake, that's the day the marriott hotel opened. it has that little bar at the top. up at the top of building, it swayed back and forth and the ceiling planes shaved off a sprinkler and it flooded the top floor. >> it's a big problem. in north ridge, it was a huge problem. there was tremendous...
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i used to be on these routes. i have compassion for these guys. a lot of these guys are super talented. i am just trying to find the median to still be involved but still do my thing as an artist and work with the city, like we are doing. we are doing this wall in a collaboration with the san francisco arts commission. basically what they are doing is trying to get rid of some of the tags and by putting up murals. they are cooking up graffiti artists with business owners. today, we are trying to get a lot of this wall buffed out and covered it. then we will spray on some sketches of what we are going to do. the rain is coming tomorrow. it should be here for a few days. we want others to know that there are artists working on this wall. the owner of this building, she has had to pay a lot of money to keep on paying over these attacks. >> we have paid as much as $400. the fed typically have been talk about four times a year. typically, it happened right after we have been notified that we need to remove it. the painter will go up there and paid over
i used to be on these routes. i have compassion for these guys. a lot of these guys are super talented. i am just trying to find the median to still be involved but still do my thing as an artist and work with the city, like we are doing. we are doing this wall in a collaboration with the san francisco arts commission. basically what they are doing is trying to get rid of some of the tags and by putting up murals. they are cooking up graffiti artists with business owners. today, we are trying...
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he could have called us to get a copy of the plan. our architect is here to speak on this matter and just to make sure that we did everything correctly. we engage an attorney to assist us in this process. we ask sure station request be heard as scheduled. i would like to ask my architect to come in and speak on the revisions. >> hello. the revision that was referred to was never followed through. there was some discussion about prefiguring part of each country of the decks so we applied for the permit revision and this is decided to be withdrawn. there is no revision of june 6th. >> is there any department the comments? >> is to any public comment on the rescheduling issue? >> commissioners. >> if the issue of revision is a moot than i am prepared to hear it tonight. >> can we hear from one of the department's about that issue? >> i tried to check on the tracking system on line. >> technically, the commission revision is still in the system. >> sorry to interrupt, technically it would be in the system, we applied for it but it was nev
he could have called us to get a copy of the plan. our architect is here to speak on this matter and just to make sure that we did everything correctly. we engage an attorney to assist us in this process. we ask sure station request be heard as scheduled. i would like to ask my architect to come in and speak on the revisions. >> hello. the revision that was referred to was never followed through. there was some discussion about prefiguring part of each country of the decks so we applied...
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he was strong he is very strong in the headlong ahead of us. he is one of poultry. >> meantime the men suspected of shooting him is back in the bay area. and the suspected gained member is charged. he faces life in prison if he is convicted. >> it will continue to cool increasing fog cover as well but there is opposite wends fisher 70 of the coastline and tomorrow we're going to seize some extensive wallcovering our locations are giving new a touch of the north they still have been fog is 7:00 in the morning and back to the clothesline at 9. this went stay on the coast at to north bay. 85 then said rosa and 76 in vallejo. 67 in san francisco are inland spock's and the upper 80s and 70's along the bay shore done to this sector. cooler weather in the weekend the first a look at tomorrow and then we will seal the more coolly with a warm-up right in time for monday. might as well get out side or a joint white can because monday, tuesday it will change in the opposite direction. extensive fog car bridge glass stay around and it may seem like it's ca
he was strong he is very strong in the headlong ahead of us. he is one of poultry. >> meantime the men suspected of shooting him is back in the bay area. and the suspected gained member is charged. he faces life in prison if he is convicted. >> it will continue to cool increasing fog cover as well but there is opposite wends fisher 70 of the coastline and tomorrow we're going to seize some extensive wallcovering our locations are giving new a touch of the north they still have been...
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. >> that makes it reserved more, but if you find an underused line not on time, but a heavily used line on time more, the percentage is still going to translate into runs on time as opposed to online performance for customers. >> exactly, is not customer performance. >> we have talked about getting customer performance, and i did not want someone to look at this and think that if they are a customer they have a 20% chance that the run will not be on time, i do not think that is right up. but i will again raise the question, is it possible to have it waited by customer? i think that would be helpful, but i would not want to create work just for the sake of work. the variability in the service hours delivered seems to be much greater for lrv than the other modes of transportation, what is the reason? >> what page are you on? >> just look at page 2. you can see that the brown line, which is for light rail, has a greater variability. i wondered why there was more variability in the service hours for the light rail as opposed to other modes. and >> let me see this again. the short answer is
. >> that makes it reserved more, but if you find an underused line not on time, but a heavily used line on time more, the percentage is still going to translate into runs on time as opposed to online performance for customers. >> exactly, is not customer performance. >> we have talked about getting customer performance, and i did not want someone to look at this and think that if they are a customer they have a 20% chance that the run will not be on time, i do not think that...
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>> i am not used to overheads. i can take it out of the binder. this is the very front of my house. >> we might have a better idea if you can show us the property. >> are these the one that you reference to that are the clear story? it is this the window in the photo? >> yes. they cast a light in the living room. >> those are what you're talking about. >> that is the outline of where the addition would be. as you can see, it comes right up. there will be no light. this is really large. >> this is 15 feet with a minor pushout is to accommodate a stairwell. you need to know this said that from your house there. >> i think sacha this is more a around the range of 25 ft.. the floor that you see with the windows, that is just a bedroom and that is 10 feet by 15 feet. >> is this your room? >> no, that is the stairwell. that is pretty significantly. >> miami house was built in 1912. this was built in 1961. -- my house was built in 1912. >> good evening. i am the home alert at 675 arkansas street. the design i submitted meets all the planning department r
>> i am not used to overheads. i can take it out of the binder. this is the very front of my house. >> we might have a better idea if you can show us the property. >> are these the one that you reference to that are the clear story? it is this the window in the photo? >> yes. they cast a light in the living room. >> those are what you're talking about. >> that is the outline of where the addition would be. as you can see, it comes right up. there will be no...
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thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> pursuant to the law that supervisor mar mentioned, specifying findings recommendations, and in this case, the board of supervisors is required to respond to all recommendations except for two, f1 and f2 that have to do with the employee retirement system board. the draft of the response resolution that is before you is merely a template. it does not include anything indicating disagreement or agreement that during this hearing and after the hearing, i'll be working with the clerk's office to fill in the blanks, and we will be forwarding the completed resolution and i will also be available to answer any questions. supervisor mar: before we open this up for public comment, i want to ask the department
thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> pursuant to the law that supervisor mar mentioned, specifying findings recommendations, and in this case, the board of supervisors is required to...
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how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about computers. the second thing is i have become -- i have made some great achievements as an individual in my family and in things of the world. >> it's a real issue of self-empowerment where new immigrant families are able to communicate with their families at home, able to receive news and information in their own home language, really become more and more connected with the world as well as connected even inside their local communities. >> if we value the diversity of our city and we value our diverse neighborhoods in the city, we need to ensure that they remain econom
how do i use it. then they will start to learn how to do email or how to go back to chinese newspaper to read all the chinese newspaper. >> a lot of the barrier still is around lack of knowledge or confusion or intimidation and not having people in their peer network who use computers in their lives. >> the important thing i learned from caminos was to improve myself personally. when i first came to caminos, i didn't know anything about computers. the second thing is i have become...
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they sent them to us because they were too loud, too stinky. i congratulate local 254 acetylene the issue working the night shift, i just wondered. , and the president of the asian american contractors association. and i believe that this has been thoroughly analyzed in the report. san francisco needs this project. we need construction jobs and we need to put small businesses to work. these will create jobs for the people of san francisco and this will lower the crime rate. my company -- i look forward to construction so that my employees will have work to support the families. many jobs will be created for san francisco residence. please, support this eir. we need these hospitals for san francisco. think you. -- think you. >> solo, and i am a structural engineer. i am the ceo of one of the oldest structural and oldest structural and engineering firms.
they sent them to us because they were too loud, too stinky. i congratulate local 254 acetylene the issue working the night shift, i just wondered. , and the president of the asian american contractors association. and i believe that this has been thoroughly analyzed in the report. san francisco needs this project. we need construction jobs and we need to put small businesses to work. these will create jobs for the people of san francisco and this will lower the crime rate. my company -- i look...
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i encourage you to use these people as a resource. the street photographs are not the only resource for photographs that are really invaluable. they have a lot of news related photograph ss that are indexed sometimes by dris strict or street but never by address but that does not mean you won't see the address your after. san francisco heritage located in the,li z, 200 franklin street, 441 -- 3000. they have original print version of the sand born map from 1830s. building files and files on architects that practices in san francisco and major contractors that worked in san francisco their biographies and certain indexes that are not available else where. so i would suggest contacting them. >> and joining. it's a nonprofit organization that preserves san francisco heritage. >> okay i want to flip through some of these other materials we brought along to show you. not the building codes. here today, fantastic book you want to tell us about it. >> here today, is the end results of years worth of research done by the junior league of san
i encourage you to use these people as a resource. the street photographs are not the only resource for photographs that are really invaluable. they have a lot of news related photograph ss that are indexed sometimes by dris strict or street but never by address but that does not mean you won't see the address your after. san francisco heritage located in the,li z, 200 franklin street, 441 -- 3000. they have original print version of the sand born map from 1830s. building files and files on...
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now part of what's holding us back is us needing to go ahead and feel confident about the future. >> reporter: the most immediate debate between the president and republicans in congress is the future of the so-called bush tax cuts set to expire this year. the president wants to extend the tax cuts just for families he calls middle class, those who make less than $250,000. republicans want to extend all the tax cuts, including those for high-income earners. on sunday, republican john boehner, the man who could be next speaker of the house, wavered. >> if the only option i have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, i'll vote for them. >> reporter: the white house eagerly responded. >> it sounded to us yesterday like there was a willingness by congressman boehner to go to the president's position of keeping middle class tax relief in place. >> reporter: behind the scenes, the real motivation of the white house is to continue its campaign to cast boehner as the face of the republican opposition. to that end, robert gibbs spent most of sunday on twitter in a back and forth battle
now part of what's holding us back is us needing to go ahead and feel confident about the future. >> reporter: the most immediate debate between the president and republicans in congress is the future of the so-called bush tax cuts set to expire this year. the president wants to extend the tax cuts just for families he calls middle class, those who make less than $250,000. republicans want to extend all the tax cuts, including those for high-income earners. on sunday, republican john...
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we are glad the gold level sponsor from pg and e is with us. please join us for the presentation. [applause] >> this is a unique piece of art work that was created for this occasion. [applause] >> thanks,. i'm pleased to be here to accept this beautiful award. celebrating the diversity of the communities we serve is a core value of our company. we are glad to support this event and the series of events that occur throughout the month of may that celebrate our heritage and culture. i would like to thank her for her dedication and efforts every year to create these opportunities to celebrate our culture and heritage. i would like to thank our elected leaders for their leadership and support as well for helping to make these events a reality for san francisco year after year. thank you again for this recognition, and we look fword to seeing you back here next year. [applause] >> when i'm not anchoring, i report around the bay area. it makes me proud to walk into a city council meeting and see an asian american on the council. there are many of them in the bay area. here in san franci
we are glad the gold level sponsor from pg and e is with us. please join us for the presentation. [applause] >> this is a unique piece of art work that was created for this occasion. [applause] >> thanks,. i'm pleased to be here to accept this beautiful award. celebrating the diversity of the communities we serve is a core value of our company. we are glad to support this event and the series of events that occur throughout the month of may that celebrate our heritage and culture. i...
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>> -- corridors where people are not required to use an automobile. and yet the too biggest transportation corridors through the area, 16th street and partrero avenue and the requirements increased and housing lowers and it goes against all best practices, and i want to encourage you all, who are not so politically mostivated at supervisors and to do something and to do the urban planning and focus more around the transportation, than the political, i don't know what is behind it, that's causing us to do things wrong. >> megan, you had a question? >> i actually had a response to a question, megan from the department of public health and whether safety is the goal, and yes it is the goal, and we shouldn't have to choose whether we are hit by a car and the physical activities and health benefits will improve and the air quality and the noise from traffic and greenhouse eshg missions. -- emissions and all of these benefits are due to decreases in traffic. and to decrease in driving is improving pedestrian safety in our city. >> we have one more question
>> -- corridors where people are not required to use an automobile. and yet the too biggest transportation corridors through the area, 16th street and partrero avenue and the requirements increased and housing lowers and it goes against all best practices, and i want to encourage you all, who are not so politically mostivated at supervisors and to do something and to do the urban planning and focus more around the transportation, than the political, i don't know what is behind it, that's...
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the mosconi station only has two commercial use tenants. in addition to these, there are various underground easements. earlier in july, the transportation authority approved the impact relocation study. it addressed how the 55 residents of chinatown will be relocated. they need to be provided comparable housing. that was approved. right now, the mta is negotiating the acquisition of the properties. they should go to bid by march of this year. also part of the project is an arts program, which is in accordance with seven to discuss city policy. -- san francisco city policy. the purpose of this is to commission some of our local pieces. right now, the budget for this portion is $14.5 million. basically, it is intended to enhance the rider's experience. you notice the station we have on market street right now are rather bare, except for advertising -- utilitarian is a better word. to that effect, in july of this year, two artists were selected for the project. they are now in the development stage. mta submitted the report for the new starts
the mosconi station only has two commercial use tenants. in addition to these, there are various underground easements. earlier in july, the transportation authority approved the impact relocation study. it addressed how the 55 residents of chinatown will be relocated. they need to be provided comparable housing. that was approved. right now, the mta is negotiating the acquisition of the properties. they should go to bid by march of this year. also part of the project is an arts program, which...
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that is what we use. this is not just based on national information, this is based on surveys in downtown. the surveys for downtown for making judgments as to how many of the strips are based but automobile are based on different retail sites, many of which do not have parking. macy's does not have on-site parking, these are two public garages on either side. if you're asking people if they parked on site, they would say no. this area is surrounded by 4500 spaces that the public has billed at the public's expense that is within ready walking distance. our feeling is aside from a few days and a few hours in the holiday season which the sponsor believes is critical, there is a lot of parking. if someone would like to drive, they can find parking. the way that we deal with this is not on the generation side but what is the impact. the project does what you would expect when you build a garage, this concentrates the impact. the project has impacted fifth and mission. you don't concentrate cars at the site. th
that is what we use. this is not just based on national information, this is based on surveys in downtown. the surveys for downtown for making judgments as to how many of the strips are based but automobile are based on different retail sites, many of which do not have parking. macy's does not have on-site parking, these are two public garages on either side. if you're asking people if they parked on site, they would say no. this area is surrounded by 4500 spaces that the public has billed at...
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then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, it goes from rock to week bay mud. -- weak bay mud. this is on the folsom? >> the old wonder bread bakery. a little bit higher up. >> that particular building, if you look closely, the rock has actually receded
then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the...
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probably, they were built without a permit, or the use of them is a not-permitted use. it does not necessarily mean that work done to add a room down in a basement behind de garage was done without a permit, but the actual use of the finished space might be a non-authorized users, non- permitted use. >> you might have -- >> you could have a room downstairs. you could have a sink in the room as a family room with a wet bar, maybe. the city starts getting funny about that kind of thing. it sounds like an illegal unit already. it is not always a bad thing. i would not say that in many instances, legalizing -- "legal" is a strong term. in our business and sales business, we try to avoid that term. it has many implications. to say something illegal is -- to say something is legal or illegal has a lot of implications. we cannot really say. we can say it does permit it or not permit it. what is or is not authorized is a different statement. we have to be mindful. one thing i wanted to say about jeremy pose a question was, there are quite a few very good people in san francisco
probably, they were built without a permit, or the use of them is a not-permitted use. it does not necessarily mean that work done to add a room down in a basement behind de garage was done without a permit, but the actual use of the finished space might be a non-authorized users, non- permitted use. >> you might have -- >> you could have a room downstairs. you could have a sink in the room as a family room with a wet bar, maybe. the city starts getting funny about that kind of...
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. -- a different system for us. we would be privileged to be part of it. >> i do not think any of us are opposed to vendors going in there are the competition, but it is over such jury -- over saturated. we have questions like, how permanent is the structure? there is so much for traffic. it is a really vibrant neighborhood, and i have seen it change. i could commend them for buying region running such great business that they want to go in -- commend them for running such a great business. there are people with a small pushcart the doctor things besides coffee and baked in -- that offer things besides coffee and baked foods during get >> is there anything of -- and baked goods. >> is there anyone else who would like to comment? public comment is closed. commissioner lee: this is a five-year lease you are proposing. i understand the ice skating rink investment. in this case, you have essentially a cart, and given that it is something they are trying new, i am thinking of
. -- a different system for us. we would be privileged to be part of it. >> i do not think any of us are opposed to vendors going in there are the competition, but it is over such jury -- over saturated. we have questions like, how permanent is the structure? there is so much for traffic. it is a really vibrant neighborhood, and i have seen it change. i could commend them for buying region running such great business that they want to go in -- commend them for running such a great...
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we were awarded some grant funds to help us buy down the incentive rate and to help us buy down the interest rate and the interest rate overall . we have some grant funds covering the costs of managing the program. the bulk fo thof the funding is through private financing. >> the taxpayers are not on the hook for this. the authorization comes from municipal government. with all the liquidity crisis, this financing is available. this is shoveel-ready? >> the money is ready to go. what is important is we have the repayment through the property tax. it made a lot of things -- people didn't want to invest in this. the nice thing is there is a repayment stream. the money can be available now. >> you mentioned, i caught that. there are interest rates. 30% interest rates? or is this 10%? can i deduct my interests against -- can you deduct this? >> you can do this. you should check in with your tax advisor. the interest rate is 7%. just like when you go to close on a mortgage, there are financing fees that go on top of this. the bond rate is 7%. we are trying to keep that. we are getting some fundin
we were awarded some grant funds to help us buy down the incentive rate and to help us buy down the interest rate and the interest rate overall . we have some grant funds covering the costs of managing the program. the bulk fo thof the funding is through private financing. >> the taxpayers are not on the hook for this. the authorization comes from municipal government. with all the liquidity crisis, this financing is available. this is shoveel-ready? >> the money is ready to go....
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this will place us at public comment. at this time, members of the public may address items that are within the business of the board. >> is there any public comment? >> general comment disclosed. >> -- is closed. >> can ask about the material? >> the staff will follow up. >> i do not want to leave him hanging. >> i will not. >> the meeting is adjourned. . >> my name is mark tieman and i'm senior councilor at pet camp, san francisco, california. we dispose of a lot of carbon-based material here, dog poop, and the more we can turn that into something viable, the better off we are. in san francisco there's more dogs than children. finding a viable use for dog poop. >> proenvironmental policies, that's a way to win hearts and minds. >> we thought we wouldd< take ts weekly video out on the road. we are here at recology at the recycling center. if you ever wondered where your recyclables go, and this new mandate for composting, the new challenges and mandates around recycling, what we are trying to achieve -- it all starts rig
this will place us at public comment. at this time, members of the public may address items that are within the business of the board. >> is there any public comment? >> general comment disclosed. >> -- is closed. >> can ask about the material? >> the staff will follow up. >> i do not want to leave him hanging. >> i will not. >> the meeting is adjourned. . >> my name is mark tieman and i'm senior councilor at pet camp, san francisco,...
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some of us have been articulating that for some time. and i think this neighborhood has led, not in nimby battles against the housing -- affordable housing, but has led in the battle to build affordable housing on either surplus school sites or old disused sites. >> mainly one of the biggest issues in district five has been school closures. supervisor mirkarimi and residents have been outspoken of their criticism of the process. >> the school closure process i think was a travesty. it was last year, and then just very recently again, early 2006, another six were slated for closure, merger and/or relocation. that would have almost completely uprooted just about every school in our district, due to inclining enrollment. understandably there's budget shortfalls that require the board of education, in order to reconcile that dollar deficit. but what i am alarmed about is the disproportionate impact of school closures and mergers in communities of clr, particularly african-american, latino and working class communities. the kind of rye form i
some of us have been articulating that for some time. and i think this neighborhood has led, not in nimby battles against the housing -- affordable housing, but has led in the battle to build affordable housing on either surplus school sites or old disused sites. >> mainly one of the biggest issues in district five has been school closures. supervisor mirkarimi and residents have been outspoken of their criticism of the process. >> the school closure process i think was a travesty....
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he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool. now, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers. i want to say that when i got my first teaching job for the peace corps in morocco, i never thought i would come back to the united states, and i took a lot of teaching jobs and climbed all over the world, and they sometimes intervene in the very same way. 14 years ago, i was allowed to interview in high school that nobody wanted to go to in san francisco, and a net even inspired fear in some community members, and that was balboa. i want to tell you that it was the best place for me at the time, and it is still the best place. i think it has become one of the best high schools, and it is because of all the teachers and students who have been there in the last 14 years and sort of made it what it was. i would not wish to be anywhere else. thank you. [applause] >> i give. so our january teacher of the month is julie from ruth asawa school of the arts,
he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool. now, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers. i want to say that when i got my first teaching job for the peace corps in morocco, i never thought i would come back to the united states, and i took a lot of teaching jobs and climbed all over the world, and they sometimes intervene in the very same way. 14 years ago,...
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many times history happens to us, but in this case, you can choose to be a part of it. this is a very historic day and so i'm very, very proud to be here. >> i have been volunteering. last monday i performed 12 different marriage smones. the least amount of time that any of the couples that i married have been together is two years. most of the couples have been together eight, nine, 10, i'd say 70% have been together at least that long if not longer. >> there is a lot of misconception about who gay and lesbian people are. it's important that people see that we love our husbands and wives to be and love our children and have the right to have families just like everyone else. >> it's important that we have experienced our own families, our own friends, and the excitement of the volunteers when we get here has made us feel wonderful and accepted and celebrated. >> there is a lot of city agencies, city departments, divisions that offer up their employees to help us out since overwhelming response, it's unbelievable at how city government works. this is the time that san f
many times history happens to us, but in this case, you can choose to be a part of it. this is a very historic day and so i'm very, very proud to be here. >> i have been volunteering. last monday i performed 12 different marriage smones. the least amount of time that any of the couples that i married have been together is two years. most of the couples have been together eight, nine, 10, i'd say 70% have been together at least that long if not longer. >> there is a lot of...
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can you tell us what that means? >> sure. green points are points that you get for including prescriptive majors under the system, and for project to be recognized as green, it needs to meet at least a minimum standard, 50. , including a few prerequisites. energy requirements at least 15% better. so when the current standards past fort points, that is a measure that you need to include the checklist for drawings and also choose a few measures from the checklist that to be very easy to find. there is some recognition of benefits of development in terms of transit and other benefits. 25 points, and there is not a verification mechanism, because it is below the standard. it is a primary funding source. but they are likely to be a nonprofit consensus-based organization, helping with maintenance of standards overtime. >> so we have two standards. one is the lead standards promulgated by the building council, and the others paraded standards -- other is rated standards. the greens' standard started to focus initially, with leaves f
can you tell us what that means? >> sure. green points are points that you get for including prescriptive majors under the system, and for project to be recognized as green, it needs to meet at least a minimum standard, 50. , including a few prerequisites. energy requirements at least 15% better. so when the current standards past fort points, that is a measure that you need to include the checklist for drawings and also choose a few measures from the checklist that to be very easy to...
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call us. say, i can't get down there i have, they might come out with 50 gallon drums if you have waste or oil they will come and pick it up. if you have gasoline you haven't used in a while they will come and pick it up. the main thing is safety. we don't want to end up like this guy. he didn't heed the warnings. for each one of these to carry out this guy, how many guys are backing them up? i figure 4 a piece. we don't send in a team unless we have the same amount of people and then some to back them up. to get you to gage what an incident is the guy with the big thumb. the rule of thumb is this. if you cover the incident with your thumb you are far enough away. does it look like he's got it covered with his thumb? you see the smoke going to the side. he's still too close. he's got to back up further even with the rule of thumb. we want you to view the rule of time, distance and shielding. what's time, don't stick around. distance. get far away. shielding means put something solid in between
call us. say, i can't get down there i have, they might come out with 50 gallon drums if you have waste or oil they will come and pick it up. if you have gasoline you haven't used in a while they will come and pick it up. the main thing is safety. we don't want to end up like this guy. he didn't heed the warnings. for each one of these to carry out this guy, how many guys are backing them up? i figure 4 a piece. we don't send in a team unless we have the same amount of people and then some to...
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that's how it is for us. >> yes. >> uh-huh. >> >> right. her question is is talking about what the community's role is in the safety. and also what's realistic? i think that goes once again the realistic goal is everybody neighborhood's different. it depends on how many get involved in the beginning. the beginning of our model. i went to community meetings in the mission and hayes valley and even though i couldn't get my neighborhood rolling as fast as i wanted to and i'm an impatient person i went to the other community groups that were already organized and the movers and the shakers and i got involved with them and said what can i take here? i started small like what could we do that would be positive that would get people excited. i did this event for safe pass on the streets with the kids. i thought, may be i will write a grant for mayor's office of we decide of community criminal justice. and we got it. and we were like. oh , we get to educate the community members. i thought. how about the challenge grant. we got it. you have to toss
that's how it is for us. >> yes. >> uh-huh. >> >> right. her question is is talking about what the community's role is in the safety. and also what's realistic? i think that goes once again the realistic goal is everybody neighborhood's different. it depends on how many get involved in the beginning. the beginning of our model. i went to community meetings in the mission and hayes valley and even though i couldn't get my neighborhood rolling as fast as i wanted to and...
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they help us understand to the learning, and we are using a lot of strategies, and it makes learning fun and the kids enjoy it, and some of the strategies help them remember, so they are remembering what they learn. in particular, are fourth graders -- 84% work proficient in english arts, so we made big gains. when i contacted the fourth grade teacher, she said one reason was because of the initiative theory of we have let the community know about this -- was because of the initiative. we have let the community know about this. i hope we will have a mentor come and help me so i can continue to do the work. >> sorry. >> thank you, board members and audience. i just wanted to talk about the national urban alliance. the impact of training has been significant both in the classroom and out. they have been infectious and inspiring. get although i feel the reading curriculum is very strong at the first and second grade level. those are the ones i worry about reaching the ones that need a boost. they really understand those approaches and another strategy. they are good for all of our stude
they help us understand to the learning, and we are using a lot of strategies, and it makes learning fun and the kids enjoy it, and some of the strategies help them remember, so they are remembering what they learn. in particular, are fourth graders -- 84% work proficient in english arts, so we made big gains. when i contacted the fourth grade teacher, she said one reason was because of the initiative theory of we have let the community know about this -- was because of the initiative. we have...
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what can they tell us? >> form. >> form is s. so that's a good thing we can note. that's what we call standard form. which when you are talking about a tree, it looks like a tree. it has one trunk. the other forms are multistems or multitrunk. so for street trees it is important to have that standard form because we need to have clearances for pedestrian and vehicular access. >> quantity 50. well, hmm, guess there are 50 of them. what does this mean? l.m." >> it means lance scape maintenance -- landscape maintenance. we know which project they are for. >> and this nursery would have said something about the fertilization history. >> that's right. and they do to have that on there. we try to get trees established into their natural environment. once we get phlegm the nursery, -- we get the nursery, we will try to already have them established. we don't do a lot of fertilizing. if there is really bad soil conditions then we might amend the soil. >> do people need to fertilize their trees. >> typically they don't if you are planting in your own yard, and if they have
what can they tell us? >> form. >> form is s. so that's a good thing we can note. that's what we call standard form. which when you are talking about a tree, it looks like a tree. it has one trunk. the other forms are multistems or multitrunk. so for street trees it is important to have that standard form because we need to have clearances for pedestrian and vehicular access. >> quantity 50. well, hmm, guess there are 50 of them. what does this mean? l.m." >> it...
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it is hard for us to establish either an envelope for a bottom line. this involves a series of policy questions and the true retail we have talked about is coming up with a pg&e a equivalency and this is not what we are looking for. it would be nice to think that on our subsidized rates, the bottom line was cost recovery. i would appreciate some consideration in this process of how we set policy objectives. this gives us a way of making trade of choices -- trade-off choices. >> i would be happy to be part of the general managers' report and share how this is going with the consultant. some items we have covered are the assumption of the credit rating. we have made a very good progress on this. we would get a power credit rating. this should also be will for you in the. remaining walking through what the implications are. the other alternatives we have had is marginal cost pricing verses average cost pricing. we know that we have a very efficient system that reduces prices add a variable cost. that gives the commission more flexibility. how we choose to
it is hard for us to establish either an envelope for a bottom line. this involves a series of policy questions and the true retail we have talked about is coming up with a pg&e a equivalency and this is not what we are looking for. it would be nice to think that on our subsidized rates, the bottom line was cost recovery. i would appreciate some consideration in this process of how we set policy objectives. this gives us a way of making trade of choices -- trade-off choices. >> i...
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we are using the term $3 billion-loss. i don't like using that term "loss." i don't think it is accurate for this. you don't have a loss until you write it off. i wanted to tell you that we have not been recognizing losses. if you read about other major funds having major write-offs and real estate projects, other things that have gone south, that money is never coming back. we don't have any of that in the san francisco fund. we have a declination in value. we are holding these assets and the values hopefully will come back up. over five years, perhaps, but nothing went wrong and nothing was absconded with. we have not had to write anything off. and just wanted to make sure i touched on that. >> in comparison to other jurisdictions, was our reduction in value about the same, similar, if we do better? do we have any sense of that? dodge that is a difficult question to answer. we are anywhere from in the middle to better than average in terms of the declination of value. that is just declination of value. we are far superior in that we have not had to write of
we are using the term $3 billion-loss. i don't like using that term "loss." i don't think it is accurate for this. you don't have a loss until you write it off. i wanted to tell you that we have not been recognizing losses. if you read about other major funds having major write-offs and real estate projects, other things that have gone south, that money is never coming back. we don't have any of that in the san francisco fund. we have a declination in value. we are holding these...
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our brown bag lunches continue and we invite you to join us. and we invite you to join us. thanks a lot. announcer: so, what's the biggest issue in america today? i don't think we're probably ever doing enough for our environment. the war in iraq religious yahoos freedom of speech i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. i probably believe in all those causes, but i'm...i'm not really doin' anything. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means our relationship to the sky, there is a way where we dominate the sky. we cannot see anything really. we are blinding ourselves in a way. >> you can look at the images, they are beautiful. when i started four years ago, there was a conversation about environmental issues that was very different. this is not being ta
our brown bag lunches continue and we invite you to join us. and we invite you to join us. thanks a lot. announcer: so, what's the biggest issue in america today? i don't think we're probably ever doing enough for our environment. the war in iraq religious yahoos freedom of speech i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. i probably believe in all those causes, but i'm...i'm not really doin' anything. >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful...
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so that's the utility of using that data to help us. supervisor dufty: what would you say are you most happy about over the time when you were here last and till now, what would you say is the best that's happened and given that you have got an audience of school board members as well as supervisors, is there any direction you would like to give us as policymakers as to where you really think we need to do more work in setting policy or trying to encourage more success in terms of serving the students? >> i think it's key, i went to a school board meeting two nights ago and hear about some of the new direction that the special education, the team is recommending and there is a lot of emphasis on using data to guide decision-making. i see one thing that i feel the most proud about is how we are able to actually change our system from the last time that i came in and talked to now we do have a way to actually track multiple levels, clinical outcomes and also communication to talk about the same language. so when we're talking about this,
so that's the utility of using that data to help us. supervisor dufty: what would you say are you most happy about over the time when you were here last and till now, what would you say is the best that's happened and given that you have got an audience of school board members as well as supervisors, is there any direction you would like to give us as policymakers as to where you really think we need to do more work in setting policy or trying to encourage more success in terms of serving the...
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behind us that could give us insight into who we are. >> oliver road trip on her website. check at often. new experiences will be added after every stop. >> welcome to culture wire. did you know the city of san francisco has an art collection consisting of 3500 objects? the collection ranges from painting and public buildings to murals, and from bronze busts in city halls, to cite specific structures. at this time, many of the large works are in desperate need of repair, and a long-term innovative solution is needed to make sure these public treasures will be cared for. >> the story of the arts commission program begins with ruth fromstein. 2010 marks her 50th year as an art dealer. at the helm of the county, she had represented some of the most notable of bay area artists, and continues to look for new talent. >> the artists that i represent, what do i choose them, if asked to do with a background of what the gallery is about. i love the idea of finding new guys and watching them grow. it is the old fashioned way of having a nunnery, which is having a stable. what you hav
behind us that could give us insight into who we are. >> oliver road trip on her website. check at often. new experiences will be added after every stop. >> welcome to culture wire. did you know the city of san francisco has an art collection consisting of 3500 objects? the collection ranges from painting and public buildings to murals, and from bronze busts in city halls, to cite specific structures. at this time, many of the large works are in desperate need of repair, and a...
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the initial application stated that he used outdoor activity. he did not say this as a cafe or anything, this was approved by planning. he made no mention some of these changes. we had a directors hearing. there is an address for concerned. he did not show up. he said that this was an emergency. he said that he had to make the content and that there was no issue with the department. yet, there is a report stating that now the decision was -- in some way because specifically he is changing the use of the business. the department has an opinion in this case. >> what about the tables? >> currently, they want have them from 11 a.m. until 1:00 a.m.. >> what of those hours were adjusted? -- what if those hours were adjusted? >> one of the objections is that this is a mixed use residential neighborhood. >> can you condition this 5:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.? >> typically, if this discussion happened at the directors hearing, there would have been restrictions placed on it. we could have done a conditional approval for six months to see if it is working.
the initial application stated that he used outdoor activity. he did not say this as a cafe or anything, this was approved by planning. he made no mention some of these changes. we had a directors hearing. there is an address for concerned. he did not show up. he said that this was an emergency. he said that he had to make the content and that there was no issue with the department. yet, there is a report stating that now the decision was -- in some way because specifically he is changing the...
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people usually let us in. the building code has got tremendous authority for us to do that and we'll go in and say yes, looks like it might be a problem. hire an engineer or architect. if they don't do it, we initiate an abatement process where we call them into this very room and we hold a hearing and say, you know, you haven't done it, what are you going to do? and if they fail to do that, we proceed through our legal remedies to go to court. ultimately, the city has the authority to fix things even on private property and bill the owner. we don't do that very often unless it's a safety hazard. but we have tremendous authority. so if we get a complaint, we will respond. >> this whole process, they bill you for this. if you think you're fighting the city and you're going to win, you're not. and at the end, you're going send you a bill for their time. >> we don't bill the complaint. we build the property owners. and we only bill them if they fail to take action. we're not going to bill them just for going out
people usually let us in. the building code has got tremendous authority for us to do that and we'll go in and say yes, looks like it might be a problem. hire an engineer or architect. if they don't do it, we initiate an abatement process where we call them into this very room and we hold a hearing and say, you know, you haven't done it, what are you going to do? and if they fail to do that, we proceed through our legal remedies to go to court. ultimately, the city has the authority to fix...
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you are always invited to join us on the third thursday. today, we have a special program about san francisco's neighborhoods geology. we have frank, the geotechnical engineer who will walk us through a lot of this. we also have an architect who knows a lot about the history of the city. he keeps his eyes open and has a lot of information to share. we also have the chief building inspector. we are going to go through this by having frank give us a brief overview of the geology of sentences go. then we're going to look at a series of slides around the city. and see how the geology of the city affects the environment. their special problems and issues that arise we will try to answer questions as we go, particularly related to how the environment release to the underlying geology of the city. those are questions that rarely get asked. this is a chance for you to join us and ask your questions as well. welcome, frank. i see that you brought a big aerial photograph with overly geology. >> it is a big google map with overly geology. the differen
you are always invited to join us on the third thursday. today, we have a special program about san francisco's neighborhoods geology. we have frank, the geotechnical engineer who will walk us through a lot of this. we also have an architect who knows a lot about the history of the city. he keeps his eyes open and has a lot of information to share. we also have the chief building inspector. we are going to go through this by having frank give us a brief overview of the geology of sentences go....